Overview

• Residents of a Benkendorferstraße apartment building called police around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 after repeated ringing disrupted their sleep.
• Before dialing the emergency number, residents tried to spot the culprit from their windows but could not identify anyone.
• Responding officers found the bell still sounding and checked the entry panel to determine the cause.
• A slug crawling over the doorbell’s sensors was identified as the trigger, and officers moved it to a nearby lawn.
• The incident ended without further action or investigation, according to a Schwabach police release reported by local outlets.